From owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Aug 28 00:49:04 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6D05216A4DD; Mon, 28 Aug 2006 00:49:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fbsd-arch@mawer.org) Received: from mail-ihug.icp-qv1-irony4.iinet.net.au (ihug-mail.icp-qv1-irony4.iinet.net.au [203.59.1.198]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2C34243D45; Mon, 28 Aug 2006 00:49:02 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from fbsd-arch@mawer.org) Received: from 203-206-173-235.perm.iinet.net.au (HELO [127.0.0.1]) ([203.206.173.235]) by mail-ihug.icp-qv1-irony4.iinet.net.au with ESMTP; 28 Aug 2006 08:49:00 +0800 X-BrightmailFiltered: true X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAA== X-IronPort-AV: i="4.08,174,1154880000"; d="scan'208"; a="869939311:sNHT659450798" Message-ID: <44F23D7A.30604@mawer.org> Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2006 10:48:58 +1000 From: Antony Mawer User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.5 (Windows/20060719) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Marc G. Fournier" References: <20060825233420.V82634@hub.org> <20060827230002.GG1149@zaphod.nitro.dk> <20060827205909.K82634@hub.org> In-Reply-To: <20060827205909.K82634@hub.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: "Simon L. Nielsen" , freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: BSDStats - What is involved ... ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussion related to FreeBSD architecture List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2006 00:49:04 -0000 On 28/08/2006 10:01 AM, Marc G. Fournier wrote: > On Mon, 28 Aug 2006, Simon L. Nielsen wrote: > >> On 2006.08.25 23:36:12 -0300, Marc G. Fournier wrote: >> >>> In getting this into the base system itself? Opt-in, default turned >>> off, >>> of course, but maybe as an option in sysinstall to be enabled easily? >> >> What is the advantage of having it in the base system compared to >> ports? > > IMHO, official recognition ... more ppl will hopefully enable/use it if > its part of the system itself, vs a "third party add on", which ports > tends to denote ... Not to mention it reduces the barrier to entry. It's a lot easier to drop 2 lines in your periodic.conf and be done than to require someone to update their ports tree, install the port, and then add the two lines. The less steps (and thus effort) required, the more participation we hope to get... -Antony